Fragment: 'I Stood upon a Heaven-Cleaving Turret'
I stood upon a heaven-cleaving turretWhich overlooked a wide Metropolis--And in the temple of my heart my SpiritLay prostrate, and with parted lips did kissThe dust of Desolations hearth--And with a voice too faint to falterIt shook that trembling fane with its weak prayer'Twas noon,--the sleeping skies were blueThe city
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